Test Footage

I rigged something up in Flash with some old footage I had. I will re-shoot footage with a better camera and use after effects for the final piece.

Bowl

This is where I will shoot my footage but I will have to wait for a dry day to do it:

Tracking

Using Adobe After FX I tracked the movement of the skateboard using coloured trails which I layered up. The effect looks a bit like paint dripping down the ramp.

Change of plan

After my first one on one meeting with Mike Punt I have decided to change my idea. Staying with the idea of technology and education I am going to look at how mobile phones are having a negative effect on learning in the classroom by causing a distraction. I am going to look at how the costs of this technology could possibly be turned into benefits. I want research past attempts to resolve this problem. I also want to examine the way disruptive and non-disruptive mobile phones are managed in places such as hospitals and cinemas, exploring how they could possibly be integrated positively into these environments.

Footage

Here is some of the footage caught, I will use this to track the movement of the skateboard.

Board

I got some red tap and stuck it around the edges of the board. This way I can use Adobe After Effects to pick out the colour and trace the movement of the board on the ramp:

Location

I have decided to film a ramp at central park skatepark:

Next Step

I plan to track the motion of a skateboard by attaching coloured tape to the edge and filming the motions. I will then use final cut pro to extract the movement of the tape. Using the data collected I hope to layer up a profile of the paths of the board over the obstacle.

Skateboarding, Space and the City

After a meeting with Shaun I have started reading Skateboarding, Space and the City by Iain Borden as it links to my project. It looks at the history of the sport and how skateboarders experience and understand the city.

Project Proposal

For my final major project I plan to make some sort of interactive e learning object. This will link into my dissertation subject, which is based around elearning. I am unsure about the specifics of the project but I would like to make something that is immersive and not just an interface using a mouse to point and click. It could involve the use of motion sensors to track movement either of either a people or some sort of controller or object. Being immersed should make it easier to use and learning the content easier to take in. I am not sure about the subject it will teach or the users it will be aimed at but I hope by doing more research my ideas will become clearer.